by Pierre Pevel
This book takes place during the reign of Louis XIII of France with Cardinal Richelieu presiding over the nation. The cardinal's Blades are an elite group task ed with a secret mission but betrayal and double-crossing prevail. The fantasy element involves the existence of dragons and dragonnets bu...
Most of the problems I had with this book can probably be laid at the feet of the translator and whoever was supposed to edit it once the translator was done with hit. Like a lot of people have already said, the sentence structure and punctuation leave quite a lot to be desired. The publisher seem...
Set in 17th century France, the time of the Musketeers. In this novel, Cardinal Richelieu isn't the token villain, and the main characters are an elite unit at his command, used to carry out the secret and deniable tasks to keep France safe.On top of this, there are also dragons and some magic. The ...
Set in 17th century France, the time of the Musketeers. In this novel, Cardinal Richelieu isn't the token villain, and the main characters are an elite unit at his command, used to carry out the secret and deniable tasks to keep France safe.On top of this, there are also dragons and some magic. The ...
I started reading this book because of my childish nostalgia for Alexandre Dumas and his famous The Three Musketeers. But Pevel disappointed me. I didn’t like his book at all. Caveat: as I can’t read the original in French, I can only talk about the English translation of the novel, and it’s lousy, ...
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